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SPECIFIC STUDIES UNDER STRATIFIED BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW
CONDITIONS:
Supervised by R.N. Meroney at Colorado State University
STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOWS:
1. Meroney, R. N. and Chaudhry,* F. H., SIMILARITY THEORY OF DIFFUSION AND THE
CHANNEL SPREAD IN DIABATIC SURFACE LAYER, Journal of Boundary Layer
Meteorology, Vol. 3, pp. 405_415, March 1973, CEP71_72FHC-RNM44.
2. Meroney, R. N. and Chaudhry,* F. H., A LABORATORY STUDY OF DIFFUSION IN A
STABLY STRATIFIED FLOW, FDDL, Colorado State University, Atmospheric
Environment, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 443_454, 1973, CEP70_71FHC-RNM63.
3. Meroney, R. N. and Chaudhry,* F. H., COMMENT ON THE DISPERSION OF MATTER IN
NEUTRAL AND STABLY STRATIFIED ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS, by
K. Atesman, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 387_388, 1974,
CEP72_73FHC-RNM77.
4. Meroney, R. N., BUOYANCY EFFECTS ON TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS, AMS/WMO
Symposium on Atmospheric Diffusion and Air Pollution, Proceedings, Santa Barbara,
September 9_13, 1974, CEP73_74RNM52, (Abstract reviewed only).
5. Meroney, R. N., AN ALGEBRAIC STRESS MODEL FOR STRATIFIED TURBULENT
SHEAR FLOWS, Computer and Fluids, Vol. 4, pp. 93_107, 1976, CEP73_74RNM53.
6. Meroney, R. N., Petersen,* R. L., Cermak, J. E., and Hovind, E. L., A WIND-TUNNEL
STUDY OF PLUME RISE AND DISPERSION UNDER STABLE STRATIFICATION,
Proceedings of Joint Conference on Applications on Air Pollution Meteorology, AMSAPCA, Salt Lake City, November 1977, pp. 347_352, CEP77_78RLP-JEC-RNM3.
7. Meroney, R.N., Ohya, R.*, and Neff, D.E. TURBULENCE STRUCTURE IN A
STRATIFIED BOUNDARY LAYER UNDER STABLE CONDITIONS, Boundary
Layer Meteorology, Vol. 83, pp. 139-161, 1997. CEP95-96-DEN-RNM-YO-6.
DISPERSION IN STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER STRATIFICATION:
8. Meroney, R. N. and Li,* W. W., RE-EXAMINATION OF EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN
TURBULENCE RELATIONSHIPS, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1985,
pp. 853_855, CEP83_84WWL-RNM_19.
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9. Meroney, R.N., A TIME DEPENDENT, QUASI-THREE DIMENSIONAL DEPTHINTEGRATED NUMERICAL MODEL TO CALCULATE SURFACE HEAT
TRANSFER AND ENTRAINMENT TO COLD FLUID INTRUSIONS, Proceedings of
Int. Symposium on Refined Flow Modeling and Turbulence Measurements, Iowa City,
Iowa, 16_18 September 1985, 10 pp. CEP84_85RNM_12. also Turbulence
Measurements and Flow Modeling, ed. Chen, Chen and Holly, Hemisphere Publishing
Corporation, 1987. (Abstract reviewed).
10. Meroney, R.N., Baldwin*, L.V., Johnsen, G.R. and Li, W.W., THE ESTIMATION OF
TURBULENT DISPERSION FROM VELOCITY STATISTICS, PART I: THE
LAGRANGIAN AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION, February 1985, 45 pp.
CEP84_85LVB-GRJ-WWL-RNM13.
11. Meroney, R.N. and Li, W.W.*, MEASUREMENTS OF TWO-POINT EULERIAN
VELOCITY STATISTICS IN A TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER, Proceedings 7th
Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, 12_15 November 1985, Boulder, Colorado,
pp. E14_1 to E14_10, CEP85_86WWL-RNM2. (Abstract reviewed).
12. Meroney, R.N., Grainger, Clyde,* DISPERSION IN AN OPEN-CUT COAL MINE IN
STABLY STRATIFIED FLOW., Jrnl. of Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 63, 1993,
pp. 117-140. CEP91-92CG-RNM-5.
13. Meroney, R.N., Grainger, Clyde, NIGHTTIME FLOW AND DISPERSION OVER LARGE
BASINS OR MINING PITS. Symposium on Measurement and Modeling of
Environmental Flows. 1992 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November
8-13, 1992. FED-Vol. 143/HTD-Vol. 232, pp. 209-215, CEP92-93-RNM-CG-1. (Fully
reviewed).
14. Meroney, R.N., and Wu, George*, IMPACT OF CHANGES OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS
ON SURFACE LAYER WINDS, TURBULENCE AND PLUME DISPERSION,
Proceedings of 9th Int. Conf. on Wind Engineering, New Delhi, India, January 1995, 12
pp. (Reviewed conference). CEP94-95-GW-RNM-14.
URBAN AREA SIMULATIONS:
15. Meroney, R. N., Cermak, J. E., and Kawatani,* T., CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEAN
FLOW OVER A SIMULATED URBAN AREA, Proceedings of Third International
Conference on Wind Effects on Buildings and Structures in Tokyo, Japan, September
6_11, 1971, CEP70_71TK-JECRNM89, (Paper fully reviewed).
16. Meroney, R. N. and Yamada, T., WIND TUNNEL AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS
OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRATIFIED AIRFLOW OVER A HEATED ISLAND,
Proceedings of Symposium on Environmental and Geophysical Heat Transfer during the
1971 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME, November 28-December 2, 1971,
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Washington, D.C., CEP70_71RNM-TY93, (Paper fully reviewed).
17. Meroney, R. N. and Yamada,* T., NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL SIMULATION OF A
STRATIFIED AIRFLOW OVER A SERIES OF HEATED ISLANDS, Proceedings of
Summer Simulation Conference, June 13_16, 1972, San Diego, California,
CEP71_72RNM-TY64
18. Meroney, R.N., Rafailidis, S. And Pavageau, M., DISPERSION IN IDEALIZED URBAN
STREET CANYONS, Proceedings of the 21st International Technical meeting on Air
Pollution Modelling and Its Application, Baltimore, Md., November 6-10, 1995, 8pp.
(Reviewed Conference). Also published as reviewed paper in Air Pollution Modeling
and Its Application XI, (ed. S.E. Gryning & F.A. Schiermeier), NATO Challenges of
Modern Society, Plenum Press, New York, Vol. 21, pp. 451-458. CEP95-96-RNM-SRMP-4.
19. Meroney, R.N., and Chang, C.H.*, NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELLING OF
URBAN STREET CANYON DISPERSION, Millennium NATO/CCMS International
Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application, Boulder, CO, 15-19
May 2000, 2 pages plus poster. CEP99-20-CHC-RNM-1.
20. Meroney, R.N., and Chang, C.H.*, NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELING OF
BLUFF BODY FLOW AND DISPERSION IN URBAN STREET CANYONS, 4th Int.
Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Ruhr-University, Bochum,
Germany, 11-14 September 2000, 4 pp. CEP99-20-CHC-RNM-3.
LAKE AND SEASHORE SIMULATIONS:
21. Meroney, R. N., Cermak, J. E., and Yang, B. T., MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC
TRANSPORT AND FUMIGATION AT SHORELINES, Boundary Layer Meteorology,
Vol. 9, No.
1, pp. 69_90, 1975, CEP74_75RNM-JEC2.
22. Meroney, R. N., MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND FUMIGATION
AT SHORELINE POWER PLANT SITES, Proceedings of Second U.S. National
Conference on Wind Engineering, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 22_25, 1975, (Abstract
reviewed only), pp. I_24_1 to I_24_3, CEP74_75-JEC93f.
STABLE STRATIFICATION AND BUILDING AERODYNAMICS:
23. Meroney, R. N. and Yang, B. T., GASEOUS PLUME DIFFUSION ABOUT ISOLATED
STRUCTURES OF SIMPLE GEOMETRY, Proceedings of 2nd International Air
Pollution Conference of the International Union of Air pollution Prevention Associations,
December 6_11, 1970, Washington, D.C., CEP70_71RNM-BTY3, (Paper fully
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reviewed).
24. Meroney, R. N., Peterka, J. A., Hatcher, R. V., and Kothari, K., GASEOUS DISPERSION
AND TURBULENCE IN THE WAKE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR PLANTS,
Proceedings of 4th International Clean Air Congress, May 16_20, 1977, Tokyo, Japan,
pp. 167_170, CEP76_77RNM-JAP-RVH-KK14.
25. Meroney, R. N. and Hatcher,* R. V., DISPERSION IN THE WAKE OF A MODEL
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, Proceedings of Joint Conference on Applications on Air
Pollution Meteorology, AMS-APCA, Salt Lake City, November 1977, pp. 348_346,
CEP77_78RVH-RNM2.
26. Meroney, R. N., STUDYING THE CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER FROM A
BUILDING MODEL WITH INFRARED CAMERA TECHNIQUES, 1978 ASME
Winter Annual Meeting, December 10_15, 1978, San Francisco, California, May 1978,
28 p., ASME Paper 78-WA/HT_58, CEP77_78RNM61, (Reviewed).
27. Meroney, R. N., Kothari, K. M., and Bouwmeester,* R. J. B., AN ALGORITHM TO
ESTIMATE FIELD CONCENTRATIONS IN THE WAKE OF A POWER PLANT
COMPLEX UNDER NONSTEADY METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS FROM
WIND-TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 30, August
1981, pp. 92_101, CEP79_80KMK-RNM-RJBB17.
28. Meroney, R. N., Kothari,* K. M., and Peterka, J. A., PERTURBATION ANALYSIS AND
MEASUREMENTS OF BUILDING WAKES IN A STABLY STRATIFIED
TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER, originally submitted J. Fluid Mechanics, 1980,
withdrawn 1984, accepted J. of Industrial Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering, Vol. 25
(1986), pp. 49_74. Before CEP79_80-KMK-JAP-RNM_34 now CEP84_85-KMK-JAPRNM _34.
29. Meroney, R.N., Rafailidis, S. And Pavageau, M., DISPERSION IN IDEALIZED URBAN
STREET CANYONS, Proceedings of the 21st International Technical meeting on Air
Pollution Modelling and Its Application, Baltimore, Md., November 6-10, 1995, 8pp.
(Reviewed Conference). Also published as reviewed paper in Air Pollution Modeling
and Its Application XI, (ed. S.E. Gryning & F.A. Schiermeier), NATO Challenges of
Modern Society, Plenum Press, New York, Vol. 21, pp. 451-458. CEP95-96-RNM-SRMP-4.
30. Meroney, R.N., Pavageau, M., Rafailidis, S., and Schatzmann, M., STUDY OF LINE
SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR 2-D PHYSICAL MODELLING OF
POLLUTANT DISPERSION IN STREET CANYONS, J. Wind Engineering &
Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 62, pp. 37-56, 1996. CEP95-96-RNM-MP-SR-MS-2.
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31. Meroney, R.N. and Leitl, B.*, CAR EXHAUST DISPERSION IN A STREET CANYON NUMERICAL CRITIQUE OF A WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT, Int. Symposium on
Computational Wind Engineering (CWE96), Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
August 4-8, 1996, 19 pp
Also published as reviewed paper in J. Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics,
Vol. 67-78, pp. 293-304, April-June 1997 (Actually distributed February 1998).
CEP96-97-BL-RNM-3.
Also in Computational Wind Engineering 2 (Editors R.N. Meroney and B. Bienkiewicz),
pp. 293k-304, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997 (Actually distributed February 1998).
32. Meroney, R.N., Leitl, B.*, Klein, P., and Rau, M., CONCENTRATION AND FLOW
DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE VICINITY OF U-SHAPED BUILDING: WIND-TUNNEL
AND COMPUTATIONAL DATA, Int. Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering
(CWE96), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, August 4-8, 1996, 20 pp.
Also published as reviewed paper in J. Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics,
Vol. 67-68, pp. 745-756, April-June 1997. CEP96-97-BL-PK-MR-RNM-2.
Also in Computational Wind Engineering 2 (Editors R.N. Meroney and B. Bienkiewicz),
pp. 745-756, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997 (Actually distributed February 1998)
33. Meroney, R.N. VALIDATION OF CFD PREDICTION OF COOLING TOWER DRIFT,
10th American Conference on Wind Engineering, Clemson, NC, 2 pp. CEP03-04-RNM6.
34. Meroney, R.N., CFD PREDICTION OF COOLING TOWER DRIFT, Submitted to Journal
of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, October 2004, 36 pp. Accepted
January 2006. CEP04-05-RNM-1.
35. Meroney, R.N., WIND TUNNEL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF POLLUTION
DISPERSION: A Hybrid Approach, Proceedings of Croucher Advanced Study Institute,
Hong University of Science and Technology, 6-10 December 2004, 7-8 December 2005,
66 pp. CEP04-05-RNM-2.
36. Meroney, R.N. COOLING TOWER DRIFT, Fluent News: Applied Computational Fluid
Dynamics, Vol. XIV, Issue 3, Fall 2005, pp. 8-9. CEP05-06-RNM-1
CURVED BOUNDARY ANALOG STUDIES TO STABLE STRATIFICATION FLOWS:
37. Meroney, R. N. and Kahawita,* R. A., VORTEX MODE OF INSTABILITY IN NATURAL
CONVECTION FLOW ALONG INCLINED PLATES, IJHMT, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp.
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541_548, 1974, CEP73_74RAK-RNM66.
38. Meroney, R. N. and Kahawita, R. A., LONGITUDINAL VORTEX INSTABILITIES IN
LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYERS OF CURVED HEATED SURFACES, The Physics
of Fluids, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 1661_1666, September 1974, CEP73_74RAK-RNM73.
39. Meroney, R. N. and Kahawita,* R. A., THE INFLUENCE OF HEATING ON THE
STABILITY OF LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYERS ALONG CONCAVE HEATED
WALLS, Journal of Applied Mechanics, TRANS ASME, Vol. 44, Series E, No. 1, pp.
11_17, March 1977, CEP72_73RK-RNM79.
40. Meroney, R. N., TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTH OVER A
LONGITUDINALLY CURVED SURFACE, AIAA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp.
1448_1454, November 1975, CEP73_74RNM61.
STRATIFIED FLOW SIMULATION CRITERIA:
41. Meroney, R. N. and Yamada,* T., A WIND TUNNEL FACILITY FOR SIMULATING
MOUNTAIN AND HEAT ISLAND GRAVITY WAVES, Journal of Boundary Layer
Meteorology, Vol. 1, pp. 55_70, 1974, CEP71_72TY-RNM45.
42. Meroney, R. N., Lindley, D., and Bowen, A. J., PHYSICAL MODELING OF FLOW
OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Wind
Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, July 8_14, 1979, pp.
975_985, CEP78_79RNM-AJB-DL24, (Reviewed paper).
43. Meroney, R. N., PHYSICAL SIMULATION OF DISPERSION IN COMPLEX TERRAIN
AND VALLEY DRAINAGE FLOW SITUATIONS, 11th Int. Tech. Meeting on Air
Pollution Modeling and Its Application, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 24_27 November
1980, CEP80_81RNM_34, 21 p., Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application, C. De
Wispelaere, ed., Plenum, 1981. (Reviewed).
44. Meroney, R.N., Avissar, R.*, Moran, M.D., Wu, G. and Pielke, R.A., OPERATING RANGE
OF NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELS FOR THE SIMULATION OF
COASTAL MARINE FLOWS, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 50, pp. 227-275,
1990. CEP88_89RA-RAP-GW-RNM-10.
45. Meroney, R.N. and Melbourne, W.H. OPERATING RANGES OF METEOROLOGICAL
WIND TUNNELS FOR THE SIMULATION OF CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY
LAYER PHENOMENA, Journal of Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Vol. 61, pp. 145-174,
1992. CEP90-91_RNM-WHM11.
46. Meroney, R.N. DISPERSION IN NON-FLAT OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN AND
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ADVANCED MODELING TECHNIQUES: Workshop Summary from Workshop on
Modeling and Mitigating the Consequences of Accidental Releases of Hazardous
Materials, New Orleans, LA, 20 May 1991. AICHE Plant Operations Progress, Vol 11,
No 1, January, 1992, pp. 6-11. CEP91-92-RNM-1.
47. Meroney, R.N., Grainger, Clyde, INVERTED FLOOR WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION
OF STABLY STRATIFIED FLOW, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 28, No. 11, 1994,
pp. 1887-1893. CEP91-92CG-RNM-6.
48. Meroney, R.N., WIND TUNNEL SIMULATION OF CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY
LAYER PHENOMENA: Simulation Criteria and Operating Ranges of Laboratory
Facilities, (NATO Advanced Study Institute on Buoyant Convection in Geophysical
Flows, 17-27 March 1997, Pforzheim, Germany.) Buoyant Convection in Geophysical
Flows, (E.J. Plate, E.E. Fedorovich, D.X. Viegas, and J.C. Wyngaard, Eds.), Kluwer
Press, 313-326. CEP96-97-RNM-7.
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